Post-Master's Supervisory Certification

The Post-Master’s Supervisory Certification Program

Post-master's degree programs leading to the Supervisory certificate issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Education are offered in the following fields:

Communication/English

Counseling

Early Childhood Education

Elementary Education

Environmental Education

Mathematics

Modern Languages

Pupil Services

Reading

Science

Social Studies/Citizenship

Special Education

Requirements vary according to specialty area, with a minimum of 15 credits required. All work must be completed within a five-year period. To be recommended for the supervisory certificate, candidates must obtain a minimum quality point average equivalent to a grade of “B” with no more than one “C” grade. A second “C” grade will cause the student to be dropped from this program.

Admission Requirements

Obtain and execute two reference forms from the Department of Educational Leadership & Special Education. One reference must be from a chief school officer (district superintendent or intermediate unit executive director) from the school in which the candidate is currently or most recently employed. The second reference must be either from a principal or immediate supervisor.

Goal Statement

Requirements for the Supervisory I Certificate

Take 6-9 graduate credit hours in the field of supervision in the Department of Educational Leadership & Special Education to qualify for a practicum experience. (A minimum of 15 credit hours is required at Shippensburg University to be recommended for certification.)

Complete the appropriate curriculum outlined on the individual planning sheet.

Hold and present a copy of an Instructional II or Educational Specialist II certificate in the subject area in which the supervisory certificate is desired.

Have completed a recent graduate research course in the appropriate field or show evidence of having completed comparable applied research in the field.

Have completed five years of successful professional experience in the supervisory area desired prior to being recommended for certification.

Curricula Leading to Supervisory I Certification

Each candidate, in addition to completing the course requirements specified for the specialty area, must demonstrate through appropriate practicum activities the identified competencies have been attained.

Counseling/Pupil Services

Applicants to the graduate program for counselor supervisors must hold a valid elementary or secondary school guidance counselor certificate, or present evidence of having had at least three years of counseling experience in the public schools, and be recommended as having potential as a supervisor of school counseling services. Applicants who have not completed appropriate supervised practicum courses must do so before admission is granted.

To be recommended for certification as a supervisor of school counseling services or pupil services, a candidate must complete the approved program outlined below and present evidence of having had at least five years of full-time experience as a counselor in the public schools.